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No. 287.034. Patented 0013.23, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERIES LINCOLN, OF OO-LDIVATER, MICHIGAN.

S ULKY PLOW, SEEDER, AND CULTlVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,034, dated October 23, 1883.

Application filed April 27, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PERIES LINCOLN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Goldwater, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sulky Flows, Seeders, Cultivators, &c., of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had therein to the ac companying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in sulky plows and seeders combined, wherein thesame axle, wheels,.and frame are made to carry and operate said plows, cultivators, seeders, &c.

The object of my invention is to construct a carriage or vehicle by which a number of farm implements can be combined and operated at one and the same time, or that each separate implement attached to said vehicle can be 0perated separately.

Another object of my invention is to so arrange the parts in its construction that the various implements connected to the same may be readily adjusted to any required position, and the said implements maybe lifted from the soil, suspended 011 orbeneath said vehicle, and readily transported to and from the field, or to any place desired for use.

Another object is to combine a series of farm implements. that are generally used in succession-that is, plows, furrow-openers, seeders, drags, and rollersin such a manner that all (or nearly all) of said implements can be used at the same time, connected to the axle and sulky-frame, and successfully operated by a single person occupying the drivers seat and at the same time driving the team.

By means of my improved device I am enabled to group together and connect to a single frame, axle, and a pair of wheels a number of farm implements, and while so connected successfully operate them by a single attendant.

I attain these objects by means of the following construction and arrangement of the various parts, which will be more fully pointed out and described in the specification and claims, forming, with the drawings, this application.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention, showing the wheels,

axle, frame, with farm implements, and their connections with axle and frame. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal and sectional view of the same, showing plow connected to frame and raised above the earth or soil for transportation to and from the field. Fig. 3 is a vertical crosssection, showing lifting-wheels, levers, and their connections. Fig. 4is alongitudinal sectional view with implements attached. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section, showing scraper, plow-beam, and levers. Fig. 6 is a detail view, showing wheel for operating axle with lever.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a frame having a front crossbar, a near which, and attached to the frame and projecting outward, are two short axles or axle-arms, a (15, for the purpose of attaching wheels when de' sired for use.

On top of frame A, and a short distancein; ward, is journaled a rock-shaft, Z, rigidly secured to the center 'of which is a working-1e ver, J, and on side of said lever J the outer ends of plow-beams D and D are attached by means of lifting-arms m and m, said arms being rigidly secured at one end to rock-shaft Z, and their opposite ends to pivoted crossbars 91, and a, working in clevises 7c and k, the inner ends of said clevises being adjusta bly-attached to said plow-beams D and D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The-inner ends of side bars, I), and b, are attached to axle 'B by means of clips or straps c and c. Said straps loosely encircle axle B and permit the axle to revolve within the same.

Underneath the frame and at a point about its center is secured 'a cross-bar, a. From the outer ends of said arm braces a and a extend inward to the frame, and their inner ends are secured to side bars, I) and b, as shown in Fig. 1.

On the under sides of side bars, I) and 7), near the inner ends of clips 0 and c, is secured a cross-bar, 0' 011 which are pivoted the pawls ward to cross-bar a, and pass under staples j j, placed in the top of said cross-bar a.

On the outside of each side bar, I) and b, are secured sced-hoppers E and E, having extenor foot-leversj and j. Saidpawls extend out- IOO sion-feet or dischargetubes V V. The inside of said seed-hoppers are provided with slotted drop-plates d d. Said plates are attached at their centers to rock-shafts h if, the inner ends of said shafts being provided with foot-treadles 1 and y, by means of which the operator can, by pressing the heel or toe on the ends of the treadle, alternately drop the requisite amount of seed from the hoppers E and E.

Axle B is formed of metal, with its outer ends bent in the form of a crank, the outer projecting arms of the same forming the axlearms, on which wheels 0 revolve.

Between the clips 0 and c and the wheels are rigidly secured wheelsc and 6, having eyebolts 0, to which the inner end of chains it are attached, as-shown in Fig. 4., the purpose of which is to raise the drag, roller, or other implement attached to the outer end of said chains.

On the inside of clips 0 and c and near plowbeams D and D are loosely secured to axle B wheels (Z and d, the peripheries of which are cross grooved or notched for the reception of the bent pawls j and j, by which said axle B is held in any position required when transporting or using the implements.

Between wheel a and clip 0 is rigidly secured to axle B a lifting-wheel, h, formed with side projections, between which lever 0 is placed when operating the same, as shown at Fig. 6. 7

Two upright lovers, 9 and g, are attached to the under sides of side bars, I) and 1), near axle B, by hinges s. Oonnectinglinks r and r connect levers g and g with wheels (Z and d. The purpose of sa-idlevers is to move wheels (I and d laterally on shaft or axle B. Spring arms f are secured at their feet by bolts to side bars, I) and b, and across the upper face of their rear ends a'seat, p, is secured, said seat having notches in its inner edge for the reception of the arms of levers g and g, as shown in Fig. 3.

For the purpose of raising the implements usedsueh as plows, cultivators, &c.higher than the peripheries of wheels (I and d, a standard, y, is secured by its upper end. to plow-beam D, and the lower end to a scraper, I. A chain, a, connects the front end of scraper I to lever J, by means of which the point of said scraper is raised or lowered from the soil. An operating-handle, 1, extends upward, by which said scraper is operated. Drag Gr and roller H are connected to each other by means of a metal link, 10, as shown in Fig. 4. Plows w and i are attached to beams D and D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention, the op eration of the same is as follows: Power is attached to the front of the frame, the implements are attached as shown in Fig. 4, when the furrow is opened, seed dropped, the soil dragged over the seed, and then pulverized and smoothed over by the roller, when the various operations are complete by once moving over the soil.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination of the bent axle B, carrying grooved wheels (I and d, the side bars,

I) and Z), and the notched crossbar p, with the levers gand g, hinges s, the connectinglinks aand 0-, and the bent operating-rods j and j, all arranged and operated as shown.

2. In a sulky-plow, the combination of the frame A, having projecting axle-arms a and loose clips 0, the bent axle B, carrying grooved wheels (0 and c6, and the wheel h, having projecting pins for the reception of lever 0, and the seed-boxes E and E, with the foot-treadles y, the bent operating-rodsj and j, and the levers and 9, all arranged and operated substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERIES LINCOLN.

Vi tnesses:

CHARLES P. LINCOLN, M. P. LINCOLN. 

